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New Linux & SteamOS gamer survey for February

By Liam Dawe,
Okay guys another month and another survey, this time I have included screen resolution to see what you lovely people are using.

SUPERHOT, the stylish time-bending shooter will release this month, new trailer too

By Liam Dawe,
SUPERHOT is a really stylish time-bending shooter that now has a release date of the 25th of February, and Linux is included of course.

Tropico 5 - Complete Collection now available for SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Tropico 5 - Complete Collection includes all the DLC and expansions released to date, so it's your chance to grab the strategy title with all the goodies together. It supports SteamOS & Linux of course.

Story-driven RTS Battle of Empires 1914-1918 looks like it's coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty good looking RTS Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 looks like it's heading to Linux & SteamOS if SteamDB updates are to be believed.

Jason Ekstrand from Intel speaks about Vulkan at FOSDEM 2016

By Liam Dawe,
Jason Ekstrand, a developer hired by Intel has done a presentation about Vulkan at FOSDEM 2016. The slides are interesting, but not too in-depth to overwhelm you.

Dungeon Souls, a cool mix of action, roguelike & a dungeon crawler on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I never noticed Dungeon Souls getting a Linux version, so it must be another case of it not showing up in the new SteamOS & Linux games list if the Linux version was added later.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Linux & SteamOS port has been put on hold

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news, I was really looking forward to playing The Vanishing of Ethan Carter but it looks like I won't get a chance. The developers have come across too many issues.

Parkitect, the theme park building sim is currently broken on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Just a heads up folks, Parkitect is currently broken on Linux due to heavy graphical glitches, so if you were thinking about picking it up I would hold off until we can give the all clear.

Dying Light: The Following DLC has some interesting looking new places in the new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
I am still confused by Techland's marketing team calling it Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, since The Following is a DLC and Dying Light: Enhanced Edition is a big patch. It's confusing when all their marketing emails and tweets combine the two so I'm never really 100% sure what's in the DLC and what's just in the Enhanced Edition.

Gates of Horizon space MMO has improved a lot with recent updates

By orestes1986,
Gates of Horizon is a space conquest online game. During your space journey you will gain power over the universe leading fleets, improving and managing crew and assets, taking control of entire sectors with your corporation and fighting the alien menace that threatens the human race.

Retro style Arcade Shoot 'em up Bit Blaster XL released on SteamOS & Linux

By herrgnatz,
Bit Blaster XL is a mobile port of an arcade shoot em up now released on SteamOS and Linux. It's origins are very obvious from the get-go.

Open Game Benchmarks, a brand new benchmarking website for Linux games

By Liam Dawe,
I have been hoping to see something like this. Open Game Benchmarks is a brand new website dedicated to showing off benchmarks from Linux games.

Tomb Raider, the awesome 2013 version looks like it's heading to SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like the 2013 game Tomb Raider is heading to SteamOS & Linux according to new information popping up on SteamDB.

Prison Architect Update 3 adds guard towers & super-secure visitation rooms

By Liam Dawe,
Prison Architect is just amazing, I still think it's one of the most interesting ideas for an indie game to come along for a long time.

Pharaonic, an unforgiving sidescrolling Action-RPG from the Ziggurat developers now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Pharaonic is an unforgiving sidescrolling Action-RPG by the developers who gave us Ziggurat, and it looks good.

A look at Starward Rogue, a sci-fi shoot 'em up that mixes pretty bullet patterns with exploration

By BTRE,
Arcen Games, makers of AI War and The Last Federation, have put out their latest game in a surprise release last week. In a deviation from their usual formula, they've chosen a more action-filled approach while still keeping some of their usual elements. I took a look to see if it's any good.

Valve have finally fixed the upcoming SteamOS & Linux game filter, nearly a year later

By Liam Dawe,
I've been waiting for this for many months, and Valve has finally fixed their Steam store filters to allow you to view only Upcoming games on SteamOS & Linux.

Friday Ahoy, it's Friday Livestream time at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Did you know that it's Friday again? Yeah, it's that day we play some games live on Twitch and talk all kinds of nonsense. You are, as per usual, welcome to join in on the madness as it unfolds during the 2 hour live segment of Linux gaming on our own little Twitch channel!

The Indie Legends 3 Bundle features excellent games, almost all with Linux support

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Bundle Stars has released an awesome bundle, featuring 8 excellent games with Linux support. Time to grab some cheap games.

No, Linux is not at 1900 games on Steam, we didn't get 100 games in nine days

By Liam Dawe,
A few websites are reporting that Steam for Linux has hit 1900 games after only hitting 1800 around nine days ago, this is false.